# Jamalpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,072 people in 740 households**, the 21st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 3,072people (2011)
- 740households
- 63.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**16%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**955

Working population ****32.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 59.7% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 449 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (28%) · **■** Other work 43 (4%) · **■** Marginal 220 (22%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Itahar

- Balijol3,323 people
- Baidara3,237 people
- Damdalia3,191 people
- Bhagnail3,155 people
- Pajol2,963 people
- Bhabanipur Bejpukur2,832 people
- Mahamadpur2,826 people
- Para2,704 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamalpur?3,072 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur?63.2% (Census 2011)